Authorities say a man and woman have been charged in a road rage shooting that wounded a 4-year-old boy in Wichita.Nineteen-year-old Tylin Atkinson and 21-year-old Ramonyka Smith, both of Wichita, were charged Monday with criminal discharge of a firearm. Atkinson also faces an aggravated assault charge and is jailed on $250,000 bond. Smith is jailed on $100,000 bond.Their attorneys didn't return phone messages seeking comment.Police say Atkinson got out of a car last week and fired two shots at a sport utility vehicle in which six children were riding, striking the 4-year-old once in the abdomen. Police say Smith was driving the car.The child, identified as Andres Arambula, was in stable condition shortly after the shooting. "It ended up lacerating a kidney, a liver," said Angelo Arambula, Andres' father, told KSNT. "It did end up tearing the muscle and the bullet got lodged into his hip bone and broke his hip."Now, his parents say they are left replaying the horrific incident in their minds."I don't even know what was going through my mind at first," mother Lucero Arambula said. "All I was thinking about was him," Angelo said. "Getting him OK, getting him out of the car, getting pressure on ."Doctors say the boy will have to stay in the hospital at least five more days before beginning physical therapy."He's came a long way," Angelo said. "He's up, he's moving, he's motivated. He's encouraged just to get ready and go and get back to living life like we did."The Arambulas now say they want justice and answers. "Why?" Angelo said. "Why? What was going through their head? They knew, they know there were kids in the car, you know, and that's all I want to know is, why, you know. I know, without a doubt, it was said more than once that there were kids in the car."A GoFundMe page has been set up to assist with medical bills and other expenses.

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Authorities say a man and woman have been charged in a road rage shooting that wounded a 4-year-old boy in Wichita.

Nineteen-year-old Tylin Atkinson and 21-year-old Ramonyka Smith, both of Wichita, were charged Monday with criminal discharge of a firearm. Atkinson also faces an aggravated assault charge and is jailed on $250,000 bond. Smith is jailed on $100,000 bond.

Their attorneys didn't return phone messages seeking comment.

Police say Atkinson got out of a car last week and fired two shots at a sport utility vehicle in which six children were riding, striking the 4-year-old once in the abdomen. Police say Smith was driving the car.

The child, identified as Andres Arambula, was in stable condition shortly after the shooting.

"It ended up lacerating a kidney, a liver," said Angelo Arambula, Andres' father, told KSNT. "It did end up tearing the muscle and the bullet got lodged into his hip bone and broke his hip."

Now, his parents say they are left replaying the horrific incident in their minds.

"I don't even know what was going through my mind at first," mother Lucero Arambula said.

"All I was thinking about was him," Angelo said. "Getting him OK, getting him out of the car, getting pressure on [the wound]."

Doctors say the boy will have to stay in the hospital at least five more days before beginning physical therapy.

"He's came a long way," Angelo said. "He's up, he's moving, he's motivated. He's encouraged just to get ready and go and get back to living life like we did."

The Arambulas now say they want justice and answers.

"Why?" Angelo said. "Why? What was going through their head? They knew, they know there were kids in the car, you know, and that's all I want to know is, why, you know. I know, without a doubt, it was said more than once that there were kids in the car."

A GoFundMe page has been set up to assist with medical bills and other expenses.